Text and Language Lab

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Text and Language Research Group

The Text and Language Lab at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), led by Prof. Michaela Mahlberg, is an interdisciplinary research group within DHSS.

Text and Language Research Group


Recent Posts

We are delighted to welcome James Tauber as a PhD candidate in the Text and Language Lab, led by Prof. Michaela Mahlberg in the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies. James’s doctoral research explores linguistic variation in narrative fiction, combining corpus linguistics, computational narratology, and natural language processing. His work focuses on how language…

The CLiC web app has been officially relaunched at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, marking an important step in advancing digital approaches to literary and linguistic analysis. Originally the CLiC web app has been developed as part of the CLiC Dickens project, designed specifically for the analysis of literary texts.  CLiC Dickens started at the University of Nottingham in 2013, later…

In mid-January 2026, Prof. David M. Hannah, Professor of Hydrology, UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences, and Director of the Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action, visited the Text and Language Lab to deliver a lecture titled “Water in a Changing Environment.” On this Earth Day, we are sharing a scientific statement from Prof. Hannah…

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People

Prof. Dr. Michaela Mahlberg

Departmentsprecherin

Dr. Marianna Gracheva

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Postdoc)

Andreas Wagner, M. Sc.

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Promovend)

Nathan Dykes, M. A.

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Promovend)

Dr. Katrin Rohrbacher

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Postdoc)

Dr. Ismail Barakat

Media & Research Communications Producer

Janno Reincke, M. A.

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Promovend)

Kinshuk Dayal Saraswat

Studentische Hilfskraft


Conferences

We organise and participate in a range of academic conferences, workshops, and talks. Explore our upcoming events and revisit highlights from past conferences.


Publications

Our research group publishes work across digital humanities, computational linguistics, and related fields. Explore our latest publications and browse our complete publication record.

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